NURSING

Research for nursing

Papers a nurse can act on, across critical and emergency care, medical-surgical, mental health, paediatrics and neonatal, maternity, older adults, community and primary care, and oncology and palliative care. Each is read in full rather than from its abstract.

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• RNRCT2025The Effect of Health Belief Model-Based Creative Drama Education on Health Locus of Control and Smoking Perception in Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)The drama programme did not clearly shift adolescents' internal health control compared with usual school activities, but it increased recognition of smoking harms and lowered positive perceptions.
• RNOther2025What Makes for Healthy Ageing in the Torres Strait?The Australian journal of rural healthIn 249 Torres Strait adults aged 40 years and over, absence of stroke was the most consistent factor linked to higher healthy ageing scores. Fewer vascular risk factors were also linked to higher scores, while polypharmacy was linked to lower scores.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025The Effectiveness of Mind-Body Exercise on Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health During and After Breast Cancer Treatment: An Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses for Randomized Controlled Trials.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingYoga had the strongest evidence for reducing depression in breast cancer patients and survivors. Evidence for quality of life, fatigue, anxiety and sleep was weak or unclear, so do not expect broad benefits.
• RNOther2025The psychosocial implications of cervical cancer in women living in sub-Saharan Africa.CurationisWomen with cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa reported fear, stigma, sexual problems, financial hardship and unmet information needs, including delayed care and withheld diagnoses.
• RNQualitative2025The Lives of Older People With Advanced Cancer Who Live Alone During Outpatient Cancer Chemotherapy: A Descriptive Qualitative Study.Nursing & health sciencesOlder adults living alone with advanced cancer and outpatient chemotherapy described getting by through endurance and effort while protecting independence, and some said they did not tell nurses about symptoms.
• PTRNQualitative2025'Home, Instead of Nursing Home'-Improving the Quality of Care for Older People Receiving Short-Term Care: Development of a Person-Centred, Resource-Oriented Programme.International journal of older people nursingResidents and nursing home staff prioritised person-centred care planning, everyday movement support and a champion role for short-term stays. This programme was developed and validated by institutions, not tested for patient outcomes.
• RNSystematic Review2025A Systematic Review of the Accuracy of Machine Learning Models for Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Implications for Nursing Practice and Implementation.Nursing & health sciencesMachine-learning tools for pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis mostly used chest x-rays or CT scans, with convolutional neural networks and support vector machines most common. No patient outcome or nursing implementation effect was tested.
• RNSystematic Review2025Child and Family Centred Care: A Three-Phased Principle-Based Concept Analysis.Journal of advanced nursingChild and Family Centred Care is defined as placing the child at the core of holistic care, distinct from Family Centred Care. It rests on four pillars: collaboration, participation, communication, and dignity. The concept is partially mature, with gaps in neonatal and cultural contexts.
• RNSystematic Review2025A Systematic Review of Needleless Connector Function and Occlusion Outcomes: Evidence Leading the Way.Journal of infusion nursing : the official publication of the Infusion Nurses SocietyAnti-reflux needleless connectors were linked with fewer IV catheter occlusions in this review, but the evidence was low quality and biased. Nurses should still know connector type and use the correct flush, clamp, and disconnect sequence.
• RNOther2025Adoption of McKinsey 7s Model in Development of Strategies to Enhance the Utilisation of Digital Health in Early Detection and Treatment of Pre-Eclampsia by Gravid Women at the Rural Context: Mixed-Method Study.Nursing openMidwives in rural South African primary care knew digital health could help detect pre-eclampsia, but women reported little guidance. Poor devices, unreliable networks and no midwife training limited use. This describes access barriers, not evidence that digital health improves maternal outcomes.
• RNOther2025Online Education on Sustainable Nutrition Affects Women's Sustainable Eating Behavior and Anthropometric Measures.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Online sustainable nutrition education, added to healthy nutrition education, raised women's sustainable eating behavior scores and improved body composition compared with healthy nutrition education alone. Final weight, BMI and physical activity did not show clear differences between groups.
• RNOther2025Scale of perception of family self-efficacy in home care for children on peritoneal dialysis.Revista brasileira de enfermagemA new scale helps nurses check if families feel ready to manage a child's home dialysis. It covers fears about equipment failure, financial strain, and confusing advice from staff. Families understood every question, and expert nurses agreed the items measure what matters.
• RNNarrative Review2025Individualized Hyaluronidase-Facilitated Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin 10% Administration in Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy: The Nurse's Role.Journal of infusion nursing : the official publication of the Infusion Nurses SocietyNurses are central to transitioning CIDP patients from IVIG to home-based subcutaneous infusion. Practical guidance covers needle selection, pump settings, and managing local reactions. The ADVANCE-CIDP 1 trial data cited shows reduced relapse rates and high patient satisfaction with this approach.
• RNCohort2025Retrospective Cohort Study to Determine the Effect of Socioeconomic Status and Distance to Hospital on Negative Appendicectomy Rates in a Rural Setting.The Australian journal of rural healthLower socioeconomic status and farther road distance were not linked to negative appendicectomy among 830 rural patients. Female sex, Indigenous background, and lower white cell count, neutrophil ratio, or C-reactive protein were associated with higher negative appendicectomy.
• RNOther2025Family Involvement During Patient Hospitalisation-Developing and Testing a Clinical Decision Aid.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesPatients and families valued a decision aid that clarified who should be involved in hospital care and how. It helped them agree on options like self-involvement, ward rounds, or video calls, reducing mismatched expectations between patients and relatives.
• RNSurvey2025Factors influencing the hope of patients with advanced cancer while receiving cancer pharmacotherapy.Japan journal of nursing science : JJNSHope was higher in women, employed patients, and those without economic deprivation; it was also higher with more social support and less nausea and sleepiness.
• RNQualitative2025May I, Will I and Why. A Shared Lifeworld in a Suicidal Trajectory-Told by Suicide Loss Survivors.International journal of mental health nursingSuicide loss survivors described an implicit negotiation with the person who died, felt as vigilance, relief, anger, or new meanings in familiar places. These accounts may help nurses assess suicide risk and involve families.
• RNCohort2025Impact of Dietary Behavioural Changes on Prognosis of Postoperative Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Nursing openPostoperative oesophageal cancer patients who changed eating habits had fewer complications, better quality of life and longer survival than those who did not. Diet change was associated, not proven causal.
• RNCohort2025The impact on body image and quality of life in breast cancer patients.Revista brasileira de enfermagemOverall quality of life did not improve during chemotherapy with image consulting, and body image and physical well-being worsened.
• RNOther2025Validity and Reliability of the Korean Version of the Florida Patient Acceptance Survey.Nursing openAmong 243 ICD patients, the Korean Florida Patient Acceptance Survey produced consistent scores across four areas, and higher acceptance scores were linked with better quality of life. It may help nurses assess acceptance, not treat it.
• RNOther2025Prevalence and Predictors of Caregiver Distress in Six European Communities: Data From the IBenC Study, Using interRAI-Home Care Assessments.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesAmong home care clients with informal caregivers, distress was most common in Iceland (34%) and least in Finland (9%). Client depression risk, incontinence, medical complexity, recent hospitalisation and cohabiting caregivers were linked to higher distress.
• RNQualitative2025Paediatric Pain Management Experiences of Parents of Children in Botswana Referral Hospitals.Nursing openHospitalised children's parents/guardians in Botswana described pain care as inconsistent. Some nurses responded well, others delayed or gave conflicting information. Parents wanted urgent relief for child-reported pain, trusted providers, and were ready to help assess and comfort their child.
• RNCohort2025Health gains for users of long-term home care services in Portugal.Revista brasileira de enfermagemIn 151 home-care users, mobility, daily-living function, pressure-ulcer risk, fall risk and pain were better at discharge than at admission, but mobility, daily-living function and pain were worse while waiting.
• RNOther2025Thirst in critical patients and its associated factors.Revista brasileira de enfermagemForty-six of 60 ICU patients had thirst, averaging 7.2 out of 10, with dry lips, thick saliva, and desire to drink water common. Longer fluid restriction and hospital stay tracked with greater discomfort; medications and prior ventilation did not.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025The Effect of Nursing Interventions in Women With Gestational Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing & health sciencesNursing interventions added to standard care for pregnant women with gestational hypertension lowered systolic and diastolic blood pressure, anxiety and depression, and shortened hospital stay. Preeclampsia development did not change.
• PTRNQualitative2025Older Adults' Experiences and Perceived Barriers to Access and Adoption of the Technology-Based Physio-Feedback Exercise Program.Research in gerontological nursingOlder adults found this tech-based fall-prevention exercise program easy and social. Friends and group sessions kept them involved; balance feedback motivated drinking more water and walking carefully. Few reported barriers.
• RNCohort2025A Three Decade Analysis of Trends in Length of Stay After Liver Transplantation.Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)Hospital stays after adult liver transplantation fell from 51.5 days in 1987 to 16.3 days in 2021, with the steepest decline before 2000 and little change after 2000. Longer stays were linked to ICU admission, dialysis, ventilator use, and lower function at transplant.
• RNQualitative2025Barriers and Facilitators Influencing Parents' Willingness to Follow Healthcare Provider Guidance for Addressing Behaviors Linked to Early Childhood Obesity Risk: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & PractitionersParents of infants said they might set aside provider advice if they believed their baby was hungry or trusted their own intuition. They were more open to changing feeding, sleep, or screen habits when providers explained reasons and they trusted the provider's intentions.
• RNOther2025Worse Nursing-Sensitive Indicators in Black-Serving Hospitals.Nursing researchHospitals serving the highest proportion of Black patients had higher rates of pressure ulcers, postoperative sepsis, and blood clots after surgery than hospitals serving the lowest proportion; death among surgical inpatients with serious treatable conditions did not differ.
• RNCohort2025Placental Findings in Term Singleton Stillbirths in a Public Hospital in Emalahleni Sub-District in Mpumalanga Province: A Descriptive Study.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)In 89 term stillbirth placentas, maternal vascular malperfusion was the most common microscopic finding. Sixty-four percent had very small placentas, and 49% had infarcts. These lesions link placental dysfunction to stillbirth, supporting mandatory placental examination to help explain causes.
• RNQualitative2025When Psychiatric Services Become a Waiting Room: Situational Analysis of Involuntary Commitment and Treatment as Experienced by Patients and Nurses.Clinical nursing researchPatients and nurses described involuntary psychiatric care as waiting for crisis to pass, medication as the main treatment, little support, and rules enforced by nurses.
• RNCohort2025Comparison Between Antenatal and Postnatal Colostrum From Women With and Without Type 1 Diabetes.Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant AssociationColostrum fat, carbohydrate, and kcal did not differ between mothers with and without type 1 diabetes; protein changed over time. Antenatal colostrum had higher protein than formula and resembled day 1 postnatal colostrum.
• RNRCT2025Effect of frozen saline and menthol gum on thirst level after abdominal surgery: A mixed-methods study.Nursing in critical careAfter abdominal surgery, frozen saline and menthol gum did not differ in lowering thirst. Both reduced thirst scores more than the control group. Patients in the intervention groups wanted the application repeated.
• RNCohort2025Sleep Quality of Persons with Dementia and Family Caregivers in Korean Americans: Wearable Technology to Study the Dyadic Association.Western journal of nursing researchDementia patients' deep sleep, awake time, and sleep efficiency tracked with caregivers' same measures; REM tracked opposite. Objective data showed patients' sleep was more disturbed than their diaries suggested.
• RNCohort2025Association Between Perceived Control and Acute Coronary Syndrome Symptom Severity: A Prospective Cohort Study.Nursing openACS patients with higher perceived control reported lower chest pain on day 3, lower fatigue on days 2 and 3, and lower dyspnoea on all 3 days. No difference was found for chest pain on days 1 and 2 or fatigue on day 1.
• RNSystematic Review2025Breastfeeding counseling in rooming-in care: a scoping review.Revista brasileira de enfermagemRooming-in breastfeeding counseling was associated with better breastfeeding establishment and maintenance, less formula use, and fewer infant health problems. It also reduced the belief that milk was insufficient, though the review did not test a specific counseling protocol.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Impact of Care Bundles Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing openCare bundles reduced hospital-acquired pressure injuries, shortened hospital stays, and lowered the number of pressure injuries compared with standard care. Nurses can deliver standardised bundles, but they should not assume one item caused the benefit.
• RNSurvey2025The Relationship Between Kinesiophobic Attitude and Frailty in Older People.International journal of nursing practiceAmong older adults, higher fear of movement was associated with greater frailty. Pain, inactivity and older age also tracked with frailty. This does not show fear causes frailty, but it may help identify people needing frailty assessment.
• RNQualitative2025A qualitative exploration of perceptions of the aetiology of preterm birth among pregnant Black women.MidwiferyPregnant Black women described preterm birth risk as tied to doing too much, emotional labour of racism, and relationship burdens. This is not evidence of causes. It shows what patients may believe and how maternity nurses can listen better.
• RNQualitative2025The Meaning of Becoming a Mother. A Phenomenological-Hermeneutic Study.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesMothers described becoming a mother as a profound change: they felt more vulnerable, experienced intense love, became more aware of their bodies, and were developing a new self. They needed belonging, care for themselves, and time to find vitality again.
• RNPilot2025A Mixed Method Pilot Feasibility Study of a Symptom Management Support Intervention for Heart Transplant Recipients With Chronic Pain and Extensive Symptom Distress.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesThree phone conversations were feasible and acceptable, but overall transplant-specific well-being did not improve significantly. Only basic activities of daily living improved significantly. Participants said they felt taken seriously for the first time.
• PTOTSLPRNRCT2025Examining the impact of identity-safety cues on inclusion for adults with higher body weights in healthcare settings.Patient education and counselingAdults with higher body weights felt safer and more trusting of a hypothetical physician who endorsed a weight-inclusive approach. However, this benefit did not erase the harm of stigmatizing comments; when the physician attributed knee pain to weight, trust dropped sharply despite the inclusive cue.
• RNQualitative2025A Narrative Inquiry of East Asian Parents and Mental Health in Canada: Critical Openings for Anti-Racism Strategies in Knowledge Translation.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieresEight East Asian parents described child mental health resources as hard to access because of cost, language and missing cultural terms. They also said representation alone was not enough, because resources often did not understand their lived experience.
• PTOTRNCohort2025Changes in Mental and Physical Health Outcomes Following One Day a Week Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation in Regional New South Wales.The Australian journal of rural healthIn regional NSW, patients completing one weekly cardiopulmonary rehab session showed reduced depression, faster sit-to-stand times, and longer walking distances. Waist circumference decreased slightly. Blood pressure, heart rate, and oxygen saturation did not change significantly.
• RNCohort2025An Observational Study on the Association Between Nutritional Intake and Mental Health Among Older Adults in Rural Areas.Nursing & health sciencesRural Korean older adults who reported higher daily niacin and vitamin E intake had lower reported depressive symptoms. The study measured diet and symptoms at one time, so it does not show that foods or supplements prevented depression.
• RNSurvey2025Social Support and Physical Activity in Pregnant Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Exploring the Mediating Role of Fear of Falling.Nursing openAmong 385 pregnant women with gestational diabetes, higher social support was associated with more physical activity and less fear of falling. Fear of falling was associated with lower activity. Only 17.66% met guidelines.
• RNQualitative2025Consumer Experiences of the Australian Stepped Care Model in Primary Mental Health Care: A Qualitative Study.International journal of mental health nursingAustralians using stepped mental health care valued empathetic, consistent clinicians but faced long waits, limited sessions, abrupt funding cuts and poor communication. These barriers worsened distress, especially for complex needs.
• RNSystematic Review2025Provider-Led Interventions to Reduce Congenital Cytomegalovirus.Journal of midwifery & women's healthPregnant patients want CMV risk-reduction education. Brief videos, handouts, or provider discussion improved knowledge and risk-reduction behaviors. Screening and treatments showed mixed results; valacyclovir and higher-dose HIG need more study.
• RNRCT2025Development and Deployment of a Music Listening Intervention Mobile Application for a Two-Group Blinded Randomized Clinical Trial.Clinical nursing researchA music app for an ICU delirium trial can deliver blinded music or silence, log session length and tracks, and send data securely. It does not show music reduced delirium.
• RNOther2025Frequency and content analysis of adverse event reports in surgical centers: a cross-sectional study.Revista brasileira de enfermagemSurgical centers recorded 163 adverse event reports among 9,253 notifications; pressure injuries, burns, surgical site infection and organ damage were most frequent, and 44 free-text descriptions were blank.